Answer:
What cannot talk but will always reply when spoken to?
In your fire you hear me scream! Creaking and whining yet I am dead before you lay me in your hearth.
Who plays when he works and works when he plays?
Hot tempered and sometimes it blows its top, making a mess of everything.
Some adults still use these to count.
Do what he says and you'll be fine, don't and you lose the game.